Plott, Stephen Barber

Bill Frame followed the path of his father, Clark B. Frame, to become a skilled and experienced trial lawyer recognized throughout the State of West Virginia.  Following completion of law school in 1982, Bill Frame immediately began trying cases to juries in both State and Federal Courts.  Before long Bill was trying complex cases involving workplace injury or death, product liability cases including ATV and crash worthiness cases, medical malpractice and other complex litigation.  Bill has had extensive experience and success in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Bill Frame handles all types of motor vehicle accidents including passenger vehicles, motorcycles, tractor-trailers, and recreational vehicles.  He also handles cases involving workplace injuries or death, medical malpractice and defective products.  He actively prosecutes cases against insurance companies for bad faith and refusal to settle claims.   

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:
Medical Malpractice:
 Lemley vs. Monongalia General Hospital, wrongful death after coronary artery bypass  grafting;
 Ewing vs. West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. and WVU Board of Governors,  wrongful death following repair of atrial septal defect;
 Bland vs. Womancare, failure/delay in diagnosis of breast cancer;
 Cottrill vs. United Hospital Center, wrongful death resulting from failure to monitor  anesthesia;
 Southerly vs. Grant Memorial Hospital, failure to diagnosis damage to popliteal artery,  amputation.
Defective Products: 
 Stiles vs. Continental Motors, Federal Aviation Administration, aviation accident, defective  stud in motor, negligence in air-traffic control;
 Huber vs. Ford Motor Company, wrongful death resulting from defective speed control  cable;
 Clemmer vs. Alamo Manufacturing, defective hydraulic pump;
 Scotchel vs. A.O. Smith, scalding burns from unsafe water heater;
 Pulice vs. WoodChuck/Safety Test, hand amputation, defective woodchipper.
Workplace Injuries:
 Gum vs. Trus Joist McMillen, gas line explosion;
 Lawson vs. Consol, mine shaft explosion;
 Nester vs. Monongahela Power Company, toxic exposure, mercury poisoning;
 Holden vs. Allegheny Energy, electrocution;
 Metheny vs. Roberts, Department of Highways worker struck by car in work area.
Motor Vehicle Accidents:
 Menear vs. WV Department of Highways, burn injuries, asphalt truck upset;
 Strawser vs. Mowry, semi-tractor trailer ran over truck driver;
 Bohon/Poster vs. Alpha Engineering, multiple fatality collision;
 Garrison vs. Martin, depressed skull fracture, brain injury;
 Shaffer vs. Giant Eagle, tractor-trailer collision, multiple injuries and death.
Insurance Claims:
 Lazzell vs. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., bad faith refusal to pay fire loss;
 Gower vs. Lloyds of London, bad faith refusal to settle;
 Miralles vs. Snoderly, Nation Union Fire Insurance Co., insurance coverage issues;
 Korzun vs. Yi, Hertz Rental Car, declaration of coverage for underinsured motorist.
Criminal:
 State vs. Cullers, first degree murder;
 State vs. John Boy, sexual assault by a custodian;
 State vs. Pruitt, armed robbery;
 State vs. Sypolt, child sexual assault;
 State vs. Pretzel, 1st degree sexual assault;
 State vs. Bergdorf, possession, distribution of controlled substances, no forfeiture.